Rich Jospeh-Facun is a photographer of indigenous Mexican and Filipino descent who grew up in Mississippi and Virginia and put down roots in Ohio after taking a job at Ohio University, where he studied visual communication. Facun's series is a perspective rarely seen in the photo world - a visual exploration of a mostly White community by a photographer of color. Facun’s book Black Diamonds takes a reverent and sincere visual look at his home in and around the former coal-mining towns of Southeastern Ohio. There is a somber tenderness in the muted quiet tonality of the images. The atmosphere and mood of the pictures capture the mysterious and sometimes haunting aura of the region steeped in the extraction industry. There is a beautiful epilogue, If I Left Appalachia, by @alistinewrites that will move you emotionally if you have lived any amount of time there. Those who have the least, give the most in Appalachia. Such powerful work @facun. Thank you for sharing your sensitive and empathetic eyes. #richfacun #blackdiamonds #southeasternohio #viscomohiou #littlecitiesoftheblackdiamonds #unspokenpsalm (at Little Cities of Black Diamonds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSVLvDRJ_2yKcPS2V34VQ-TiF6K7ZJANzzd9Wk0/?utm_medium=tumblr
